The hijinks have begun. Six Nations of the Grand is in the midst of a band council election. The first in four years and it has been a very long four years. The community chose to stay with the experimental four year term during a recent election code vote and now with an election underway will be voting for a band council that will be in place during what could be a tumultuous coming four years. A period of time when issues that have sidelined will raise their heads, land issues yet to be resolved, relations with the Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs’ Council non-existant and on the national and provincial scene… invisible. The current council hasn’t exactly been known to be on top of issues and even when Councillor Helen Miller

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